Unmasking the Serial Killer Robert Smallwood | Part 1 of 3

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[Icon Photo: Victim Sonora Lynn Allen]

Get you index cards, string, push pins and a marker ready; you’re going to have to put this one together with the murder cops and scientists on this case!

We hear the stories of serial killers all of the time, once they have been convicted and put away.  But what is it like to be a homicide investigator watching several cases spanning as many years, unmask a monster?

Take a listen as our Forensic Scientist Marci Adkins from the Kentucky State Police Crime Lab returns to our show, joining former homicide investigator Lt. Matt Brotherton from the Lexington Police Department, and hear exactly how this goes down.

Come aboard the roller coaster of suspects found and suspects lost, as science works in the background: exonerating those not involved, and lasering in on the murderer.  You will sense the pressure applied and learn how to use restraint in the most challenging situations.

In Part 1 of 3:

·         We welcome back Marci Adkins and meet Lt. Matt Brotherton

·         We talk about how homicide investigations differ from other investigations

·         “The magic of CODIS” as described by Marcia Adkins

·         Murder victim Sonora Allen is found dead in August 2002

·         The start and finish of many disappointing DNA results

·         Murder victim Doris Roberts from 1999 DNA links to Matt’s Allen case

·         And, when cases go cold

Show Notes, including Transcript, are HERE.

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